Jammu, Helicopter and cable car services to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine were suspended on Saturday due to heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. Officials said the services from Katra base camp to the shrine were suspended following the snowfall on the Trikuta hills. “The services have been[Read More…]
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Supreme Court asks to phase out mule rides for Vaishno Devi pilgrims
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Jammu and Kashmir authorities to prepare within a month a plan to phase out the use of mules to carry pilgrims from the Katra base camp to the Vaishno Devi shrine and to rehabilitate mule owners. A bench of Justice Madan B.[Read More…]
Vaishno Devi yatra remains suspended due to forest fire
Jammu: The annual pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine remained suspended for a second consecutive day on Thursday following a forest fire, police said. Around 25,000 pilgrims were currently stranded at the Katra base camp for clearance to start the uphill trek to the shrine located in Jammu and[Read More…]
Nine killed in UP accident
Lucknow: Nine people were killed and four others injured on Tuesday when a vehicle rammed into a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said. The victims, including a child, were from the same family that hailed from Meerut. The family was returning from a pilgrimage at the holy shrine[Read More…]